The Indus Civilization c6.36

c6.36

A horned human figure with the feet and tail of a bull appears on one seal-amulet from Mohenjo-daro, and was perhaps a demi-god. It is depicted struggling with a horned tiger, probably representing some demon who waged constant warfare against the gods. The likeness of this man-bull to a certain Sumerian demi-god or hero is very striking, and appears to indicate that a relationship once existed between certain of the beliefs of the two civilizations. It is not impossible that these resemblances originated in a third country with which both the inhabitants of Sumer and those of the Indus valley were closely associated in the long-distant past.